We Are Now Using IPAddress.to to Stop Bot Traffic

We are excited to announce that we have integrated IPAddress.to into our infrastructure to help combat the growing problem of bot traffic and automated abuse on our platform.

Why We Needed Better Bot Protection

As TemporaryMail.com has grown, so has the volume of automated traffic hitting our service. Bots were mass-generating email addresses, scraping inboxes, and consuming server resources that should be going to real users. We needed a reliable way to tell humans apart from bots without adding annoying captchas to every interaction.

How IPAddress.to Helps Us Fight Bots

The IPAddress.to API gives us detailed intelligence about every IP address that connects to our service. When a visitor arrives, we query their API to pull information such as:

• IP Fraud Score — The IP fraud score system rates each IP address based on how likely it is to be associated with malicious activity. High-risk IPs from known botnets, open proxies, and datacenter ranges are flagged immediately.
• VPN and Proxy Detection — Their API identifies whether an IP belongs to a VPN, proxy, or Tor exit node, which are commonly used by bots to rotate identities and bypass rate limits.
• Geolocation and ISP Data — By cross-referencing geolocation with behavioral patterns, we can spot traffic that does not look like it is coming from a real user.

What This Means for Our Users

For regular users, nothing changes. You can continue using disposable email addresses exactly as before. Behind the scenes, however, the experience should be noticeably better:

• Faster service — With bots filtered out, server resources are freed up for real users.
• Less spam — Automated abuse that previously cluttered the system is now caught early.
• Fewer captchas — Because we can identify bots at the IP level, legitimate users are less likely to be challenged with verification prompts.

Why We Chose IPAddress.to

We evaluated several IP intelligence providers and chose IPAddress.to for a few key reasons. Their API is fast, their fraud score data is accurate and regularly updated, and the pricing works well for a high-traffic service like ours. If you run a website and are dealing with bot traffic, we would recommend checking them out.

We will continue to refine our bot detection as we gather more data from the integration. As always, if you notice any issues with the service, feel free to reach out via our contact page.

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